We are really looking forward to welcoming all our students back in September. To support the

transition for students and staff back to the academy, we will be operating a phased return. The 1st and 2nd September will be staff training (INSET) days and the academy will be closed to all students. The staggered return will operate as follows:Thursday 3 September - Year 7 and 11 onlyFriday 4 September - Years 7, 10 and 11Monday 7 September - Years 7, 8. 9. 10 & 11Students will be expected to be in full

attendance from these dates.Following government guidelines, things will operate a little differently to our usual academy procedures to ensure that we keep our staff and students as safe as possible, and this remains our top priority. We have outlined in this document how we are implementing measures to ensure safety for students and staff, and hope that you find this information useful and reassuring.Students are expected to attend the academy from the first day of their phased return.The government has advised schools to operate a year group bubble model,

Issue 5 Summer Term (2) 2020

Message from Dr BartlettAs the school

year draws to a close, I am sure we are all in agreement that it has been a year unlike any other. We have faced many new challenges but as a community we will embrace our challenges and create new opportunities.I want to first focus on our year 11 students. Never before have we seen a situation of examinations cancelled and a national system of ranking students to determine their grade outcomes. There have been may articles in the press relating to OFQUAL and the awarding of grades. While results day will look very different this year, we are here to support all of our year 11 students through the results process.The new virtual learning has brought its own challenges. We had to set up a virtual platform in a few days and the staff have worked tirelessly to support students over this period. We acknowledge that this has not been an easy process for families, reflected across the country, however, I thank you all for the support and positivity that has allowed our students to continue learning.Our focus is to ensure that we create the very best opportunities for your children. You are aware that we have had supply teachers in many subjects in the academy over the past academic year. I am absolutely delighted to share with you that we are fully staffed from September with some outstanding practitioners joining the team. We look forward to welcoming all our students back to the academy and the Guidance for Parents contains information to support our return. The guidance was emailed to parents but is also available in our Information for Parents section on the academy website.It leaves me now only to thank you all for your continued support and to wish you a wonderful summer break.

Jayne Bartlett, Headteacher

Back to School!

Creating a culture through our new

Vision and ValuesWe have taken time to reflect on our academy vision and values and have worked

with our student leadership team to shape how these will look in our day to day practice. Values are a core part of any organisation and we want our values to be at

the heart of what we do. Our vision is simple:

Mission statement: We believe passionately that education opens doors and has the power to change lives. We aim to inspire our students through our curriculum delivering consistent-ly good lessons that empower learning. Each and every day we instil our values and focus on raising the aspirations of our students by providing an outstanding personal development and extra-curricular programme. We encourage our students to aim high and we are proud to celebrate their achievements. Everything we do focuses on our core values:

Aspiration, Resilience, Respect, Responsibility & Tolerance

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We are pleased to announce that Aidan Louw in Year 10 has been selected, from over 17,000 applicants, to exhibit his work at the RA Young Artists’ Summer Show. Aiden’s brief was to produce a self-portrait entitled “Selfie” which he produced using water colour crayons.Mrs Messam entered a selection of students’ art work for this annual event and Aidan’s work will be exhibited online from 12 July as well as being exhibited on-site at the Royal Academy in the autumn (date tbc). This is a real accolade for Aidan and testament to his hard work and commitment to developing his artistic abilities. He spends a lot of his time producing artwork at home and in extra-curricular sessions in the art room. He really is a talented artist (as are many of

our GCSE students).Watch this space for more news of our talented students and the work they have been producing during Lockdown.

Susannah Lawlor

Exciting news from the Art Department

and to support this we will be operating a staggered timetable. This will mean students in different year groups will arrive at and leave the academy at different times.

Year Start Time End Time7 08:30 15:158 08:45 15:309 09:00 15:4510 09:15 16:0011 09:30 16:15

Students must arrive at the academy at their allocated time and must not arrive late to school. Any student who arrives to the academy using public transport must adhere to the government guidelines on face coverings. Face coverings must be placed into the student’s bag before entering the building and the student must then ensure they sanitise their hands. Any disposable face coverings must be placed inside a carrier bag and disposed of in the bins outside the building, before entering. The School DayWe are committed to ensuring our students receive a full timetable and the full curriculum offering. They have missed out on a significant amount of learning time with their specialist subject teachers and we are dedicated to ensuring that we catch up on any lost learning.The new school day will also include a commitment to supporting our students’ mental health and well-being. This will be a focus in our tutor time along with our new PHSE and relationships curriculum.We will not be holding large gatherings, and as such assemblies will not take place in the usual way. Assemblies are an important part of school life, however, and these will be held using TEAMS in classrooms to ensure we are still able to communicate consistently.Please find a full guide to returning to the Academy here where you will find a Timetable including information about breaks and lunchtimes, year group zones explained, Student support, hygiene rules, Classroom layout, movement around the academy, equipment, uniform, parental site visits, site cleaning as well as what students should do if they are feeling unwell.If you have any questions please email the academy to: shenley.enquiry@e-act.org.uk

Please also check our website:www.shenleyacademy.e-act.org.uk

Continued from page 1Welcome to our new staffI am sure you will join me in congratulating

Miss Smith who has been appointed as Senior Assistant Headteacher and will

oversee curriculum development and teaching and learning.

New RolesMr Richardson, Mr Thacker-Smith and Mr Jennings join our senior leadership team as Assistant Headteachers.I also share that Mr Speake has been appointed as Head of Mathematics, Miss Evans as the Pastoral Manager for year 11 and Mr Monaghan as our home visits coordinator.

New StaffWe welcome our new staff who will be joining the academy in September and who bring with them a wealth of experience:Mr Assee - Teacher of ICTMr Burns - Progress Leader for years 7 & 8Mr Furnival - Teacher of MathematicsMr Gwyther - Trainee Teacher of ITMr Islam - Teacher of ScienceMs Mendonca - Lead Practitioner HumanitiesMr Moy - Progress Leader for year 11Mr Pearce - Assistant Head TeacherMiss Phillips - Teacher of MusicMr Robbins - Progress Leader for years 9 & 10

Mrs Shaw - Teacher of ArtMiss Smith - Teacher of EnglishMr Toseland - Teacher of MathematicsMiss Whitehouse - Learning Resources Assistant/Librarian

Staff who joined us at Easter:Mrs Beresford - HoD Design TechnologyMs Blythe - HoD EnglishMs Corbett-Lees - Teacher of MathemeticsMrs Cuevas - Teacher of MFLMiss McCusker HoD ArtMiss Turton - HoD GeographyMr Whittle - HoD ScienceMrs Begum - Attendance Manager

and Farewells...We also say goodbye to some staff and I want to take this opportunity to thank them for their dedication to our students and their tireless work within the academy. We will all be sad to see them go but congratulate them on securing promotions. A special thanks to Mr Nener who is retiring. I know you will join me in thanking Mike for his dedication to the academy and wish him a happy and restful retirement. Mr Davies is relocating to London and Mr Ewart is relocating to Blackburn to take up a promotion as Deputy Headteacher and both will be greatly missed by our community.We have a fantastic team of staff, both teaching and support staff, and I know you will join me in thanking them for their hard work and dedication to our community.

Dr Bartlett, Headteacher

Back to School!

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Spotlight on Performing Arts

Dance

DramaYoung REP Drama Club

It is with the greatest regret that we had to cancel our performance of ‘City of Mirrors’ as part of the Satellite Festival at the REP, due to the Corona Virus outbreak.Fortunately, the team at the REP were able to continue their work with us digitally. I would like to say a big thank you to our REP director Fin for creating a selection of recorded resources to help our Young REP members develop their practical skills further. We want to thank all of the Young REP members for their hard work, support and commitment throughout the year and hope to see you in the rehearsal room again in near future.

Year 10The drama department would like to say

huge congratulations to the year 10 drama students for all of the hard work, dedication and effort they put in to their examined performances. They were true professionals throughout technical and dress rehearsal and the audience thoroughly appreciated their final performances.

Year 11We would like to bid a fond farewell to our year 11 pupils. They all worked incredibly hard putting together their portfolios, presentations and performance extracts

for Unit 1 and it was fantastic that I was fortunate enough to witness a selection of these before we went into lockdown. It has been a pleasure seeing the year 11s improve their confidence, maturity and commitment from year 7 to year 11. It is very sad that their time in drama ended the way it did but I wish them all the best in the future and I hope to see them in the audience for one of our future shows!

Mr Page

Unfortunately as you know we haven’t really been able to do our performances this academic year but just wanted to thank our dance students for their participation by celebrating with a snippet of some of our favourite moments. Stay active over the summer and we can’t wait to see you in September.

Ms Rowell

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Music

Spotlight on CommunityUpdate from Paul Tucker, our Ambassador Chair

What a strange few months it has been not being in school and seeing you all. This hasn’t stopped

some of you still engaging with music so well! Using Soundtrap, learning the cup song, creating beats using items in your kitchen and creating remixes have been the stand out creations for me.

Honourable mentions to Caitlyn Jones, Ella Whitlock and Hannah Stubbs for great videos as well as the Year 9 and 10 students for working so hard at home especially Kaylee Moore, Eden Richardson, Angela Manalastas, Elliot Thurman and Joe Tucker. If you have any work you want to keep on Soundtrap, please download the MP3 before the end of the month when our trial of the software ends. If you want to carry on

working on it on a different piece of music software (plenty of free ones available) download the MIDI file and import this into your chosen software to develop further. Well done again for all of your musical efforts and I hope to see you all in September!

Miss Wormald

Follow the links below for some excellent MP3 ringtones:

Zac Ward

Roman Smith

Morgan Wallace

Matt O’Brien

Jerry Amaechi

On Saturday 11th July it would have been the annual Weoley Castle Festival. Unfortunately a number

of community events have been cancelled over the past few months so we’ve given our Love Weoley Castle planters that are dotted across the estate some ‘tlc’. Hopefully

it won’t be too long before we can start planning future events that celebrate our community. We know of so many positive stories of kindness and generosity during this challenging time. Stay safe and we’ll see you when school reopens in September.

I f you’d l ike to get more involved with Shenley Academy then we’re looking for people to jo in our Ambassador group. One of our ro les i s to strengthen the academy ’s re lat ionship with the loca l

community. As Ambassadors , we’d l ike to support the Academy in many more d i fferent ways and could do with your help. For more informat ion p lease emai l me,paul.tucker@e-ac t .org .uk

Shenley AcademyE-ACT Ambassadors

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Winners - University Winter Games 2019!

The winter games is a competition run by students from Newman University who are in the final year of their degree. The aim of this event is to promote the awareness of the Winter Olympic Games and allows further understanding of the winter Olympics for the children/participants whilst simultaneously giving them a sense of gratification and enjoyment.

Competitors: Luke Morrison, O’Neal Onogbu, Shane Gutierrez, James Miles, JB Resuello, Lucky Igbu, Amy Sargeant, Grace Shaw, Georgia Longley, Phoebe Alison, Sairah Jones, Isatu Bah, Anya Bryan.

Miss Wczasek

Athletics Talent Day

Street 2 Stadium Birmingham ProgrammeThe programme is aimed at identifying both students with and without disabilities who have a talent for athletics.The session consisted of a sprint, throw and jump with top performers being identified by British Athletics who will be there in full force on the day, together with paralympic head coach Paula Dunn MBE.This was a fantastic opportunity, and meant that they were able to compete against some of the top athletes in Birmingham alongside being coached by national coaches. All students performed well on the day and were praised by the coaches

for their discipline and positive inclusive attitude. I look forward to using this experience in the summer term. Competitors: Lillian Bellizia 7B, Taffi Wiafe 7E, Elijah Farrell-Reid 7D, Shae Henry 7E, Sean Guy 7B, Jessie Vollrath 7C, Lucy Bonham 7A, Sariah Jones 8A, Lucas Calder 8A, Lucky Igbu 8C, Rya Needle 9H, Joshua N’Sapu 9H, Ruedel Farrell-Reid 9H, Izabelle Watckiss 9H, Youma Kebe 9H.

Miss Wczasek

Sport LeadershipSchool Games

A hugely successful School Games sports leadership programme saw over 60 students from year 7-11 trained up in the delivery of a wide range of sports events this year. This involved them planning, preparing, setting up, delivering, demonstrating and evaluating a host of sports competitions. Throughout these events they were responsible for looking after younger children; providing them with support and guidance whilst also officiating and keeping track of scores. It is always great to see our young leaders displaying effective organisation and communication skills as well as having the confidence to step outside of their comfort zone. Well done to all students involved.

Inter College and South Birmingham Cross Country ChampionshipsIn October we ran the Inter-College cross country which saw pupils compete against their year groups and gender in races from a mile to a mile and a half. It was also an opportunity to be a sports leader and help marshal the course or be part of the warm up for the athletes. With superb enthusiasm and determination all pupils completed the course and some then were selected

to represent the school in the South Birmingham Championships the following week. This was held at our very own Shenley fields where over 15 schools brought around 150 athletes to compete on our gruelling hills and extensive course to gain a place in the South Birmingham cross country team. An excellent achievement goes to Charlie Brayshaw who medalled in the inter boys race. Thank you also to the sport leaders who supported by marshalling the course, who were also praised by other teachers attending from the local schools about their professionalism and enthusiasm.

FootballYear 7 Boys

The year 7 boys had a really positive season. They won all of their games in their local league and finished top of the league. They also competed really well in the All Birmingham Cup but came up against a really strong team from Solihull who stopped them from progressing further. At times they played some expansive and free flowing football and we hope that they can combine this with some discipline and resilience to ensure they continue to have further successes in the future.. The Team: Daniel Redmond; Eromosele Okwelegbe; Michael Hawes; James Clinton; Simon Williams; William Moorcroft; Sean Guy; Jayden Puati; Logan O’Donnell; Miles WallCallum Tees; Finley McGlen; Bailey Roberts

Mr Stimpson

Spotlight on Sport

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Year 9 BoysKings Norton and South Birmingham District LeagueShenley Academy 3 – 0 Kings Norton BoysShenley Academy 3 – 0 Erdington AcademyShenley Academy 6 – 0 Dame ElizabethShenley Academy 4 – 4 Bartley Green (victory on penalties after extra time)

Shenley year 9 boys had an incredible season going unbeaten in all competitions. They finished top of their local league and qualified for the All Birmingham Cup Final! They were brilliant throughout the course of the season with some great victories. A special mention goes to their ability to stay strong when the pressure was on during the latter stages of the All Birmingham Cup semi-final where they held on for a deserved 3-2 win! This was a fantastic achievement and the boys displayed huge amounts of team spirit and determination throughout the season in order to gain these successes. Well done to all the students involved, we’re very proud of you!

Year 11 BoysKings Norton and South Birmingham District LeagueShenley Academy 2 – 0 Colmers Sports CollegeShenley Academy 7 – 4 Turves Green BoysShenley Academy 4 – 2 St Thomas AquinasShenley Academy 1 – 4 Bartley GreenThe year 11 football team leave Shenley as a unified team who developed into a very difficult team to beat. Having reached the Kings Norton and South Birmingham quarter finals when they were year 9, they then went one better when in year 10 by getting to the semi-finals. This year they were hoping to go one better by ending their five years of football at Shenley with a Cup final. The improvements in their performance have been a really pleasing aspect of their development and all players understand their role in the team alongside the expectation to work hard for each other. In the group phase of this years’ competition Shenley were drawn in a tough group playing teams who they had previously lost to. A 4-2 victory against St Thomas Aquinas was well deserved and this was followed up with a 7-4 win against last season’s cup finalists Turves Green. Their next group match was a vital match in which victory would guarantee qualification into the semi-finals. In spite of Colmers having the most possession, Shenley continually frustrated them with expert defending and really closed up the gaps for Colmers to play through. This resulted in Colmers not having a single shot at goal in the match even

though they had applied the most pressure. Shenley hit Colmers regularly on the break and created the best chances. This resulted in a fine 2-0 win. Their final group match was a head to head for top spot in the group against an unbeaten Bartley Green. The game remained close for most of the game although Bartley managed to pull away in the last 10 minutes and ran out 4-1 winners.Unfortunately, the covid-19 pandemic meant that the competition was ended and year 11 were unable to play their semi-final. Nonetheless, another good season and we are both proud of how the team has developed in terms of character and performance.Team: Charlie Brayshaw; Alfie Wooldridge; Lewis Fullilove; Kian Richards; Morgan Woodthorpe; Deacon Dempster-Jones; Bobby Bate; Mikah Knight; Byron Dale; Kian Wilcock; Harrison Bates; Shea Boulter; Jack Gossage; Josh Parker

Mr Blakeway/ Mr Vaughan

Basketball

Year9 BoysThe year 9 boys’ basketball team had a lot of success this season. They played 8 games throughout the season and finished the season unbeaten! They worked fantastically well as a team and produced some great performances. The biggest achievement was the 44-4 victory over their local rivals, Bartley Green! Well done to the Team: Sam Kettle, Alfie Thomas, Joshua N’Sapu, Casey Tierney, George Alison, Cameron Shelley, Rudel Farrel-Reid and Ryan Needle.

Year 11 BoysBirmingham Schools Basketball LeagueKE Camp Hill 41 - Shenley Academy 11Biship Challoner 27 - Shenley Academy 25KNBS 25 - Shenley Academy 24Year 11 finished their five years of basketball at Shenley with three matches in January. They travelled away to Kings Edwards Camp Hill and put in a disappointing performance which saw them lose 41 – 11. Following this the boys displayed renewed focus and application. The two matches that followed were classics and the year 11’s showed how they can play as a team and never gave up.

Against Bishop Challoner Sports College the match swung backwards and forwards as both teams could not build a substantial lead against the other. Kairuz Pagba controlled parts of the match at point guard and spotted space and drove well to the basket. Defence from Josh Davies-Walls was superb as he made a number of impressive checks. The match was played in fantastic sportsmanship and ended in an agonising 27 – 25 defeat.The final match of their Shenley basketball careers against a strong Kings Norton boys’ school team was a wonderful game. KN boys had beaten Shenley comfortably last season but this was a much closer affair. Shenley would not allow KNBS to gain a large lead and kept coming back to narrow the points difference. Kyran Baxter was at times unplayable as he dominated at key times in the match. Jack Timbrell and Michael Coakley drove well and were alert in defence. Shenley were just 1 point behind with 20 seconds to play and having forced KNBS into an error. Shenley regained possession and the ball was moved to Kairuz Pagba who off balance and under severe pressure shot from outside of the key on the left hand side of the court. The ball rattled the hoop before popping out to leave the score at 25 – 24 to KNBS. The boys were left downbeat but proud of their performance. I have been really pleased and proud of the boys’ respect and improvement in performance over the last five years. They have been a credit to themselves and I have enjoyed coaching them. The Team: K Baxter; K Pagba; S Young; J Davies-Walls; E Ashley; M Coakley; N Hancocks; J Timbrell; R Beltran; J Vergara; O Walton.

Mr Vaughan

Badminton

Congratulations to the boys badminton teams who competed well at the partnership School Games competition and have qualified for the Birmingham School Games city Finals.

Mr Stimpson

HandballYear 10 boysThe year 10 boys performed really well at the Birmingham School Games finals after successfully qualifying. They played with passion and dynamism and were a really tough team to play against. Their first game was a 6-2 win against Ark Victoria, they then drew 4 – 4 with their local rivals, Bartley Green. Unfortunately, they lost their

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final game against St Edmund Campion and missed out on the play offs by goal difference.

Athletics

Great effort from the year 7 and year 8 girls sports hall athletics teams!! Narrowly missing out on the city finals! The boys teams also competed extremely well in their qualifiers and have qualified through to the Birmingham School Games finals which take place at the University of Birmingham on Wednesday 25th March.

Netball Year 9 - Girls This team are a focused and hard working squad. They commit to training and work hard both on and off the court. The season has been mixed where they were tested with injuries and set positions having to be altered, but continued to support the team even when unable to play. The highlights are a close victory against St Thomas Aquinas where Shenley won 11-9. Also a win against Swanshurst Girls School, where there was a wonderful flow of play continuously with defence and attack working seamlessly together. Final score 13-3. Finishing 4th out of 9 in the Kings Norton Netball League.5th March 2020 Kings Norton Schools Netball TournamentThe season was completed with the annual Kings Norton Netball Tournament held at Bartley Green. This was a play all teams set up, where the two top teams play a straight final. Again, as they have all season, the team were focused and full of energy. They played with commitment to both attack and defence and worked hard to move the ball up the court to the

shooters. Communication was positive and productive for every game and they were rewarded with a draw against a ‘club’ team, 2 wins and one loss by one goal in the last minute. This kept us just out of the final but excellent play throughout meant that the team should be proud of their performance. Keep up the commitment, drive and ethos to improve for next season. Isobel Mason-Burns, Jasmine Hurlston-Singh, Ellie Wood, Lauren Johns, Millie Eustace, Angela Manalastas, Aleesha-Mae Spoor-Fowkes, Kanzi Mitchell-Lewis © ,Zoe Taylor and Tayla Rees. 26th February 2020 Kings Norton Schools

Netball Tournament On a very cold and bitter afternoon the year 8 netball team took to the courts to play in the annual tournament. Despite the conditions, Shenley played in the round robin section with enthusiasm and positivity. Teams entered are from all the divisions and many of their games were those in higher leagues. This did not stop the commitment and dedication to each match. The team also took an opportunity to experience different positions in preparation of future seasons. The games were close, by only a few goals behind, and a draw in one game. This unfortunately was not enough to proceed to the semi-finals but I am extremely proud of their effort in each match throughout the tournament and also the season. The squad are a supportive and respectful team both on and off the court.

The Team: Milly McGettrick; Isatu Bah; Sairah Jones; Grace Shaw; Hannah Prentice; Amira, Renee Richards; Gracie Wingfield; Maise Green; Layla Balcombe; Amy Sargeant and Lily Aaron.

Ms Wczasek

Shenley Academy Sports News Twitter AccountShenley Academy is keen to promote their sports news twitter account. This will allow followers to keep up to date with sports competitions, results and key information regarding the school sports teams. It will also include information on the Shenley School Games partnership. Log in and follow us:

@Shenleysports

Shenley Spotlight is the newsletter of Shenley Academy, Shenley Lane, Birmingham B29 4HETelephone: 0121 464 5191 • Email: shenley.enquiry@e-act.org.ukWebsite: www.shenleyacademy.e-act.org.ukHeadteacher: Dr Jayne Bartlett

Shenley Safeguarding Team‘We are here for you!’Shenley Academy is pleased to announce its new Safeguarding Team who are committed to the highest standards in protecting and safeguarding the children entrusted to our care.

• Establishing a caring, safe and positive environment within the academy

• Responding to concerns for a child in a timely and effective manner

• Effectively tackling peer-on-peer abuse

• Supporting mental health and wellbeing

• Promoting British Values across the academy

How to improve your child’s attendance:• Ensure your child attends every day, on time, equipped and ready to learn. Lesson

time begins at 8.35am and students should be in the building by 8:25am. Students arriving after 8:35am may be marked absent and will require an explanatory note or the absence will remain unauthorised.

• Ensure the academy has up-to-date addresses and telephone numbers. We will contact you if your child is absent and you have not contacted the academy. This ensures that the absence is quickly identified.

• If your child is ill, contact the academy on the first day of absence and provide an explanatory note on their return to school.

• If no contact is received regarding the absence, it is recorded as un-authorised. Ultimately the academy is responsible for deciding if the absence is acceptable or not. Only genuine absence will be authorised. You will be asked to provide medical certificates if your child has a poor attendance record. This may also result in a home visit being conducted by the academy.

• Ensure that medical appointments are made outside of school time.• Holidays should not be taken in school time. Any Leave of Absence can only

be agreed by the Head Teacher and only agreed where there are exceptional circumstances.

• Respond to letters or telephone calls regarding attendance and punctuality. • Contact your child’s form tutor if you are

experiencing difficulty in getting your child into school.

Thank you for working in partnership with us to achieve the highest possible levels of attendance and punctuality at Shenley Academy.

You can raise a concern anonymously, here:

Shenley Aademy supports all children by:

Mr M JenningsAssistant Head TeacherDesignated Safeguarding Officer

Mr S BeestonPastoral LeadDesignated Safeguarding Officer

Ms R EvansPastoral LeadDesignated Safeguarding Officer

Mr J CookPastoral LeadDesignated Safeguarding Officer

Miss S FletcherPastoral LeadDesignated Safeguarding Officer

Mr K RobbinsProgress Leader Y9-10Designated Safeguarding Officer

Mr R HuttPastoral LeadDesignated Safeguarding Officer

Miss E StevensonPastoral LeadDesignated Safeguarding Officer

Mr M BerrySenior Assistant HeadteacherDesignated Safeguarding Officer

Dr J BartlettHead of SchoolDSL Trained

Mr J HickmanAssistant Head TeacherDesignated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs S BenhamPastoral LeadDeputy DSL